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Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Directing the Defence Logistic Information Services function and managing multiple IT projects within the wider MoD programme to support a 10,000-strong workforce deployed across the globe at any one time. • Technical Lead; provided approval across Services, R&D and Network engineering• Oversaw 15 infrastructure sites globally; managed 30 Level 3 CIS Engineers, Logistic Supply Specialists • Directed governance and compliance, managed Cyber Vulnerability investigation • Worked closely with Technical Architects and built strong relationships with corporate vendors • Created DevOps department, improving release management, IT security and overall service delivery• Member of RLC Strategy Team contributing to ‘Exploiting Technology’ vision 2030

Bicester

Based at Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), MoD Bicester & Abbeywood; managed a portfolio of services and led IT projects to optimise agility, whilst building sustainment and reliability and driving continual service improvement to meet the constantly evolving customer and business needs.• Established Network Data Centres and led a team of 12 IT specialists• Enhanced IT strategies, tactics and policies and worked with Technical Architects • Managed contracts with suppliers such as Boeing Defence UK, CsFD and Fujitsu• Directed large-scale projects including the migration of Windows XP to Windows 7 and a major software upgrade to a deployed service (Telcon)• Managed governance, mitigated risk and controlled budgets up £100K• Continually improved IT service delivery by implementing and clearly formalising new processes, optimising risk and project management practices• Achieved £100K savings after reviewing processes and policies, improving route to market for legacy equipment, freeing up resources and rationalising IT projects

London, United Kingdom

Managed multiple IT projects, from inception to completion, and led a 14-strong team involved in auditing business functions within British Forces Post Office (BFPO) Headquarters against the organisation’s future strategic ambitions. • Saved £20K after initiating and leading a major network project to de-risk unsupported legacy infrastructure• Implemented business continuity plan for critical server stacks, reducing outage times, improving monitoring and reporting functionality

A member of a specialist team within the Royal Logistics Corp (RLC) supporting the Tri-Service supply chain. The team supports 3rd and 4th line information and communication systems worldwide.Responsibilities:End to end (E2E) Logistic & Information Systems Unicom, FSP, CSP, GLOBAL, OLIVER, VITAL, TAV(-), SAVI RFID,FEMIS, Windows OS XP / VISTA / 7, Client Builds, Encryption Devices, All Supported on defence accredited hardware platforms.Experience with:TCP/IP, 3 Com, Cisco, LAN, WAN, BGAN, VSAT, Satellite Communications, Promina, Mobile 3G and GSM, Long Range Directional RF, Active & Passive RFID, Thales DC2K Encryption, Oracle database applications, Web site administration, Microsoft Server 2008, Symantec Backup.Unique to the military because of a wide range of CIS and E2E skill sets, with individuals specialising in specific areas making the whole team an extremely valuable MOD asset, supporting a Tri-Service environment utilising Prince 2 methodology and ITIL framework architecture.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

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